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British Columbia restaurant labor laws

British Columbia: overtime after 8h a day or 40h a week, double time after 12h, $18.25 minimum wage, 30-min meal break after 5h, 8h rest between shifts.

The figures ShiftNivo schedules against in British Columbia, read from the source linked at the bottom of this page.

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What the engine does not model here

Double time after 12 hours in a day.

Overtime

Daily
after 8h · 1.5×
Weekly
after 40h · 1.5×
Double time
after 12h · 2×
Rest between shifts
8h
Eating period
30 min after 5h
Minimum wage
$18.25since 2026-06-01
Default time zone
America/Vancouver

Public holidays · 11

  • Canada DayJuly 1premium pay
  • Christmas DayDecember 25premium pay
  • August Civic Holidayfirst Monday in Augustpremium pay
  • Family Daythird Monday in Februarypremium pay
  • Good Friday2 days before Easterpremium pay
  • Labour Dayfirst Monday in Septemberpremium pay
  • New Year's DayJanuary 1premium pay
  • Remembrance DayNovember 11premium pay
  • Thanksgivingsecond Monday in Octoberpremium pay
  • National Day for Truth and ReconciliationSeptember 30premium pay
  • Victoria DayMonday on or before May 24premium pay

Youth hours

The bands the product checks for British Columbia, read from the jurisdiction's own source. Permits, supervision and exemptions sit underneath every band, and each one says what is not checked.

  • Ages 12 to 14

    School day
    4h
    Non-school day
    7h
    School week
    20h
    Week
    35h

    Also may not work during school hours. Under 14 needs a Director's permit; 14 and 15 need a parent's written consent. British Columbia sets no night curfew outside the entertainment rules.

  • Ages 15 to 17

    No hour or night limit

    No hour or curfew limits in British Columbia at this age — the standard rules for hours of work apply. A 15-year-old still needs a parent's or guardian's written consent to be hired at all; the general minimum age is 16.

Source: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/employment-standards-advice/employment-standards/hiring/young-people

Minors →

What ShiftNivo checks for you here

  • Overtime after 8 hours in a day or 40 in a week, priced as you build and never counted twice, with a warning four hours before anyone crosses the weekly line.
  • Double time after 12 hours in a day.
  • Fewer than 8 hours of rest between two shifts.
  • A shift longer than 5 hours without its 30-minute eating period.
  • Workers under 18: the minimum age, the hours in a day and in a week, and the evening limit, read from a birth date and marked as errors, not warnings.
  • 11 public holidays, each flagged the week before it arrives and priced at its premium, split at midnight.
  • Everywhere: double bookings, approved time off, and shifts outside the hours someone said they can work.
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